SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15540, 23 August 1912, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PHASES OP THE MOON.

AUGUST. .. Nfw mooo —•- *- 20 A a>tn , Flwt qnirter »- Fall tncon TIIB SUN. JUses to-day «l S-U FCts at "• p,D ' HIE WKATMER. Auiiui 71.-i Light S.W. M a«4 driulins rain. uIJ 6 I '' m " Mm Md doll. Btm . Xoon . 6p . m . Jtaroacter - - JWJ M.IJ Tiierowmctcr " IIIGU WATEIU Asput SJ— , I;,' At Tawoa Ifcj'W .. ..«« At Tort Chalmers " ,' 3 At Duacdin ... °' ,u I,U WEATIIEtI BErOUTS. (Pie Djitid Faiss Assocutios.) WIJLUKOTOK, August 22. Tho following ir# ttw weather report* it * wind. ' Cir. Thet. Weather. S S SSa 11 ::: c^' g " kmic"po ::: WU u c|o,,iy 01,1» m . ... w.,ii f M * *>* MSUrrtfefflS 5-SSS?" «£w"sht £» H Fair C.po Foalwiivl 8-W., br«M M-.M .... la Wfitnoit ... B.W.,lijM •»>■» "" Mtfihen Island B-, Hs" Ctp» Campbell 8.. frtih »' Xaikoura ... j> 5 Vi'm i<i liboiny Alctroa Light... > St)| t) (;iai,:ny SSF ::: :::E.;ii g h» »« ci °'"^

WEATIIKH FORECASTS. Thfi follo*iM "I"""'' 11 »»lhcr summary ami Inrccut Fnir wo-ithn !ijs pri'valWi '<■ cfpt no the «'><■ "'" l fnulhKanl n! <^l<" K«m«il and in tiir 'li4ricls, whiifl jif!. *#..ith«>r li-is Ih<ii uiimUM anil 1,1 timm. Th<i hammcKT lias tK-rn miMeaily, but eontinil'il liicli. moderate uti'l Viin:iWo I'rnrnt intlica* nio fur lair t« dnu'ly *Mth >r Sllv wiU, incrcaiitiK 1."-= h !^ n l /, thArtlv for a !ow-pnf«nro an« is \ n ! ,a , * I w K«u. zlJil The vrhvU wil ptotiahly IrestiMi Irnm the " so liourf, ati'l the pluss will I'll •Aeriwucrt. Mr .1. W. I'aulin at 10.11 lug as Wlnvrs:—" Strong >■•!•• anll n " r ' irlth Illicit iniit on tlm <-i>t

ARRIVAL. ' Mokoia, vs., 3502 tons, Harris, from 'Auckland, via intermediate Steam Sltip o>nii>anj;, iißeiil«. ' Misses SUurpe. Icrris, ltotjertj, Chapi an Jlcsdamw Sharno, nionins an< 1 ch 1 1, Anncw, Small, l'crrifi, Bcrij, Dumhleton and two children, a!c«r» I.istcr, R" 11 '""' berg, M'Alister, Sliarnc, Rusk, Jboinnfi, James. Ferris, Plant; Lilly, Dow; and 35 " "* """TicrAiraraa

' Minima. * 2598 t""*. (:lifl - tor Lylt , fl ton. Union Stcain Ship agents.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND, August 22.-Arrived: Monowai, from southern porta; from Wellington. Sailed: Haiipin, for Knt't Const ports and 'wyeWELLINGTON, August 22. Sailed. Mnunßiumi (8.5 p.m.), for lobart and Melbourne. via southern ports 1 i>B S cnger>. For I,vttelton—Misses Uowen, Untterworlli, Russell, lromsido. Taylor, Somers, Miv <lamro M'Kco, .lackson, .Meries, Held, Allan, Messrs l'earcc, Manning, .Worthy, llarl. Koylc. Mil.io, Kmd, Mmies, Herons, Davison, Scott. M -V 1; 1 • llaftt.ll, Wolib, J<athain, Casli, Mcifcleiohn, Wheeler. I'or Dunnlm—Missm Watkin?, l'ilcher, Holdsworth, M'lioan, llcavcn, Middloton. Hart, Hafjloy Mesdaines Tuckwoll, Mitchell, nolbritrc, Middlolon, Niool, Mensrs t 1 urkwoll, linllard, Mimro For Blulf—M<w Sehutzo, Mrs Sehiitie. I'or Mclbourm:-Miss Wardrop, Mr Renfrew. . liYTTKLTON. August 22.—Arrived: Maori (7 a.m.). from Wellington: lllimaroa, (6.30 a.m.), from fort Chalmers; 1 ilot, trawler, from Timaru.—-Sailed: Ulimnroa and Maori, for Wellington. INVKRCARWIX, August 22.-Arrived: Invcteargill (9 ii.w.), from piiiiedili. BLUFF, August 21.—Arrived: Wairuna (10 n.in.), from Newcastle. SUVA, August. 22.—Arrived: .Manaiwuri and Atua, from Sydney. ... „ . SYDNEY, August 22.-Arriv«l: tinsKane, from Wluuigupurn; Waipori, from Westport.

TIIK DIRECT STEAMERS.

\UOKTjAND, August 22. —Arrival: Matntua (8.45 n.m.), (rom Montreal, via Australian ports.

The Mokoia arrived (rom Auckland, via Knot Const potta, yesterday morning, ami was berthed at tlw cross wharf at 10.20. •She will Iwivo from town at 2 o clock this afternoon <m lliu return journey. Tho Wlmkatuiio iti duo here on tlio 29th inst., when slui will to complcto her discharge of cargo from Mont real , 'I'll,, tiroy Iwr is liudlv nhoalod just now, and promises to provo very trniililcamic to btenmcru trading on the West ('oa.st. Tlio Wiiiriiim will leave BlntT this afternoon, anil is dim to nrrivn at Port Chillmors to-morrow morning. She will proceed ihenoo to On nod in, Mid tli®n to Oamnru to coinplelo lier discharge. . ~ Tim jMnriirou, which has l«'en in l'ort Chalmers for tlio iiast three weokt; undergoing survey and overhaul, left yesterday afternoon lo rcsumo her plaeo in the Lyt-telUin-Wellinctou ferry twico. She hits hail ii new thrust shaft lit leu. lh-cdco 222 was brought out of dock at fort Chalmers yesterday, ami was replaced hy tho Kotaro. which is having a new shnft fitleil. , ... ~ . Thn.Frdcral-Honlder-Sliiro liner Ivsfflx is due hero on the 29th inM. with 1300 tons Af cargo from West of England Ports for Dunedin. Sho will complete licr diadiarge later at Hlufl. . Tho Turakina, from I-omlon, via l.ajietown ami llohart. is duo to naive at Wellington early on Saturday morning. I.alor she will como down to be docked at Port I'halmeri. After ft long anil stormy trip of 22 (lay*, tlio Itimitangi returned t« Lyttelton from iii« Chatham Islands on Tuesday morning («ayH tlio Pww). Tho v«w| left Lyttelton on' July 29. and had a very tempestuous pasjugo" lo Waitaugi, where tdio arrival on Thursday. Ist inst. After calling at Kaiugaroa." Owonga, and I'itt Island, the steamer left Wailangi on Saturday night, and liad a fine-wealhcr parage Kick lo Lyttelton. Slio brought eight passengers and mails, and also 32 hoi*es and 550 of. froten linh from tie islands. During tho pant two months very bad weather lias been experienced at the Chatham*, and I only two tWiini! days, were had during that time. AWmt 2.30 p.m. on Monday, when tlio steel coastal steamer John was arriving in Wellington from liyttelton, she struck tlio stem of the wooden steamer Defender, which was berthed at the breastwork, No. 13, OiipciiV wharf, and smashed iu the latter s bulwarks, b(Y.idCs damaging the belting and small after deckhouso. The John wns undamaged. It appears that the .lolin was nboui lo I tor Ih, when the engines rrfused to go astern. As an accident seemed imminent, the vessel's anchor was promptly dropped, which checked the vesH'l sullicienlly to prevent prions damage, During the passage from liyttelton tho Joiin bent n piston rod, consequently she was working on only tho low-pressure rngimti when Ihe mishap occurred. In the City of London Court .ludgo Linnley Smith, K.C.. when trying a collision case, licked if there was any authoritative w»v of fpelliug "under way" or "under weigh "—which was aecurato! Mr A. K Nelson. the leader of tlio Admiralty Bar at the court, said that for many years the word had been spoiled " under way," and he believed that was generally acceptcd in official quarter*. Information lias been received in Auck-

land that the Norwegian barque Wliinlatter arrived at I'loudyo (New Caledonia) on

June 22 from Ahipara Bay. It will bo renifmlK'rsd that the Wliinlatter armed at Ahii«ara Bay, on tlio W(*t Coast, iu May last, from liio de Janeiro, and siiKseipiently failetl. minus several members of her crew. She was to loud chrome oro at Now (\iledonia fer Glusgvw, and lias probably sailed by this time.